Nepal's first and most famous national park is situated in the Chitwan, the lowlands of the Inner Terai. Covering an area of 932 sq km. the park includes hilly areas of the Siwalik Range covered by deciduous sal forest. One fifth of the park is made up of the floodplains of the Narayani, Rapti, and the Reu Rivers and is covered by dense tall elephant grass interspersed with riverine forests of silk cotton (kapok), acacia and sisam trees. This ecologically diverse area is the last remaining home in Nepal for more than 300 of the endangered Asian one-horned rhinoceros and harbours one of the largest populations of the elusive and rare Bengal tiger. Besides rhino and tiger, Chitwan also supports a great variety of flora and fauna. There are four species of deer, including the spotted chittal, leopard, sloth bear, wild boar, rhesus monkey, grey langur monkey, wild dog, small wild cats, the white stockinged gaur (the world's largest wild cattle) and many other smaller animals. The swampy areas and numerous oxbow lakes of Chitwan provide a home for marsh crocodiles.
Drive from Kathmandu to Chitwan, You will be transferred to Resort where you will be offered refreshments & be given a briefing on our Resort & its facilities. After being given your programmes for the day, your room will then be allocated to you.
13:00 - Lunch.
15:00 - Elephant briefing & bathing.
16:00 - Elephant safari. An excellent opportunity to see four different kinds of deer; rhinoceros, wild boar. monkeys, leopard, sloth bear and the Royal Bengal Tiger (if you are lucky). You will also encounter many other smaller mammals that have made Chitwan their home.
19:00 - Thaw cultural dance presentation (which you can also participate in) by the local villagers or a slide show presentation on almost everything under the Chitwan sun.
20:00 - Dinner.
Day 02 :05:30 - Wake up call.
06:00 - Tea/coffee followed by nature walk. An excellent opportunity to see a great many of those 524 different species of birds found in Chitwan.
07:30 - Breakfast.
09:00 - Canoe ride along the Rapti river. An excellent opportunity for bird watching and for seeing the 2 rare species of crocodiles; the Marsh
Mugger and the fish eating Gharial.
10:00 - Visit to the (Government Elephant Breeding Center. Walk/drive back through the Tharu villages to our Resort where you can take a leisurely swim or relax by the poolside. You can also spend the time before lunch to gaze at the fishes found in Chitwan in your own fish pond or play a game of tennis or pool table with your friends or just spend a few quiet moments in our library with a book. You can even let your children play by themselves in our children’s playground. Your choices are limitless.
13:00 - Lunch.
15:00- Visit to the National Park Visitor’s center where you can learn
more about the history of the National Park and about wildlife.
16:00 - Village tour to a nearby ethnic Tharu village where you will learn more about the life and lifestyles of the Tharus.
19:00 - Thaw cultural dance presentation or a slide show presentation.
20:00 - Dinner
Day 03 :05:30 - Wake up call. Tea/coffee followed by elephant safari, nature walk or you can just spend the morning as you prefer.
07:30 - Breakfast.
09:00 - Drive to Bees bazaar Thai (Twenty thousand lakes) where you will see crocodiles and lots of birds in and
around these lakes.
11:00 - Back to our Resort where you can spend time at leisure.
13:00 - Lunch.
15:00 - Jungle Drive through the grasslands, riverine forests and sal forests to Kasara (the National Park’s head quarters) (Gharial hatchery farm where you will learn about how crocodiles are brought
up at this farm & then later released into the rivers.
19:00 - Tharu cultural dance presentation or a slide show presentation.
20:00 - Dinner.
Day 04 :05:30 - Wake up call. Tea/coffee followed by elephant safari, nature walk or you can just
spend the morning as you prefer.
07:30 - Breakfast.
09:00 - Whole day Churia hill trek with jungle excursion.
13:00 - Packed lunch in the Churia hills.
14:00 - Start the trip back to our Resort.
19:00 - Tharu cultural dance presentation or a slide presentation.
20:00 - Dinner.
Day 05 :05:30 - Wake up call. Tea/coffee followed by elephant safari, nature walk or you can just spend the morning as you prefer. 07:30- Breakfast.
09:00 - Departure for onward journey.